Practical wisdom.

To bite into a piece of fruit and find it dried out, will shape your expectations of the fruit depending on your experience with the fruit. 

However, if you have bitten into that piece of fruit before and it was juicy and delicious, you will have an openness to consuming it again. 

But, if it’s the first time you experience this fruit and it was very bitter and dry, you might never want to eat it again and it could make one avoid the fruit altogether. But should it? 

Would the willingness to try it again be based on one’s consciousness at the time of eating the fruit or one’s percipience of fruit.

A shade tree in the summer is great, when the sun is shining bright and the temperature is above eighty degrees. The shade alleviates one from the heat of the sun. 

That same shade tree is avoided in the winter when the sun is shining just as bright and the temperature is below fifty degrees. The sun’s warmth is welcomed and needed. 

It’s the same sun. 

Who you are should never be taken lightly, by you. It takes decades of adulthood to become who you are, and even then you’re not done. Every day is a new opportunity to learn and experience life. 

Right and wrong has never changed unless it’s being pushed through a lense of hypocrisy or a groupthink narrative. Then the line becomes blurred through propaganda. There is good and bad in every situation. You must be able to understand it as it all comes down to one’s perception and perspective. 

Being open-minded and recognizing the influence of context can lead to a more nuanced understanding of the world. It’s optimal for personal growth and understanding. 

However, one needs to strike a balance between striving for personal growth and putting oneself in personal peril. The answer is using common sense in your life’s journey. 

Common sense allows for exploration and learning without compromising safety or well-being. Common sense acts as a practical guide, helping individuals navigate their life’s journey with a sensible and balanced approach away from harm’s way. 

To open one’s mind means to be receptive to new ideas, perspectives, and experiences, allowing for a broader understanding of the world. It involves a willingness to consider alternative viewpoints, question assumptions, and embrace diversity in thought.

What it doesn’t mean is to accept what is popular just because it is the trendy narrative push of what the fashionable group collective holds to be true. 

Truth doesn’t need to be popular. It’s independent. It represents an accurate and honest reflection of a situation. No emotional fantasies or chaotic illusions. To stray away from truth eventually leads to dismality.

Be wary of dubious claims from the Snake Oil Peddlers, that don’t make sense or seem too good to be true. 

Trust your own intuition by following your common sense. 

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